|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trip Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Valuev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Trip Bunga has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
 |
|
 |
| 180 cm
19
197 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
|
213 cm
24
219 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Powerful |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trip Bunga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Valuev!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunga tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Valuev.
Bunga misses with a few strikes there.
Bunga rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Valuev moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Valuev swats away the attempt to clinch by Bunga.
Bunga misses with a jab, cross combination.
Valuev slips a jab and a cross from Bunga.
Valuev takes the fight into the clinch.
Valuev scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Trip Bunga has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valuev.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Bunga changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Valuev fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bunga wants to clinch but Valuev slips to the side
and Valuev counters by clinching up.
Valuev lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Valuev misses with a knee to the head.
Bunga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Valuev backwards.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Valuev looks gassed!
Valuev with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunga tries to circle away but Valuev has him pinned against the cage.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bunga misses with a wild combination.
Bunga throws a body punch but Valuev moves out of range.
Bunga misses with the combination.
Valuev avoids a kick to the body.
Bunga swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Valuev counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Valuev.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bunga digs a right hand into Valuev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Valuev's gas tank.
Bunga wants to get back to striking at distance but Valuev won't allow it.
Bunga working hard to break the clinch.
Bunga has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Valuev prevents Bunga from breaking the clinch.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bunga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Bunga's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Bunga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Valuev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bunga's efforts to push away.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga can't break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Bunga.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Bunga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Valuev walks away with a smile on his face. Bunga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bunga throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bunga goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bunga tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Valuev counters by clinching up.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bunga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bunga wants to get back to striking at distance but Valuev won't allow it.
Valuev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bunga's efforts to push away.
Bunga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Bunga looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trip Bunga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Bunga works on Valuev's body with a couple of short punches.
Bunga wants to get back to striking at distance but Valuev won't allow it.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
Bunga can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
Valuev keeps control of Bunga as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bunga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bunga tries to break free but Valuev pushes him back against the cage.
Bunga is trying to force a seperation but Valuev has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunga.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Valuev prevents Bunga from breaking the clinch.
Valuev is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Bunga fails to pull guard.
Valuev has Bunga pressed against the cage, preventing Bunga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valuev misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Bunga.
Valuev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bunga's efforts to push away.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Bunga working hard to break the clinch.
Valuev takes a shot to the head.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga lands with a right to the head.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bunga tries to break free but Valuev pushes him back against the cage.
A short left from Bunga.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Bunga.
Valuev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bunga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bunga wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Bunga scores with a shoulder strike.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
A body shot lands from Bunga.
Valuev keeps control of Bunga as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bunga has had enough of the clinch but Valuev keeps him there for the moment.
Valuev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bunga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bunga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Bunga.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev prevents a body shot from Bunga.
Bunga pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valuev staying out of range there.
Bunga tries to clinch
and Valuev counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Valuev.
Bunga is trying to break free.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
Bunga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valuev with a knee to the head.
Bunga jumps into guard, dragging Valuev to the mat.
Valuev stops Bunga from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Valuev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trip Bunga's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bunga wants to clinch but Valuev slips to the side
and Valuev counters by clinching up.
Bunga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bunga takes a knee right on the jaw!
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga wants a takedown.
Valuev scores with a knee to the head.
Bunga wants to break free but Valuev has control.
Bunga lands a body shot.
Bunga tries to circle away but Valuev has him pinned against the cage.
Bunga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valuev blocks an uppercut.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Bunga jumps guard but Valuev stands there with Bunga around his waist. Bunga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bunga lands with a short shot to the head.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunga.
Valuev prevents Bunga from breaking the clinch.
Valuev connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bunga's face.
Bunga has had enough of the clinch but Valuev keeps him there for the moment.
Bunga jumps guard but Valuev stands there with Bunga around his waist. Bunga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trip Bunga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bunga wants to get back to striking at distance but Valuev won't allow it.
Valuev connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bunga's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Valuev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bunga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Bunga.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Bunga jumps guard but Valuev stands there with Bunga around his waist. Bunga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Bunga is trying to force a seperation but Valuev has the dominant position.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Valuev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bunga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bunga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Bunga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bunga makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga tries to work over Valuev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling him.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bunga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Valuev lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bunga tries to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Valuev misses with a knee to the head.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Valuev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valuev misses with a knee to the head.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga lands a nice uppercut.
Bunga lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Bunga.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bunga lands a shot to the body.
Bunga presses Valuev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bunga is trying to force a seperation but Valuev has the dominant position.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Bunga lands a body shot.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bunga wants to break the clinch but can't.
Valuev with a knee to the head.
Bunga tries to break free but Valuev pushes him back against the cage.
Bunga struggles to land a body shot inside as Valuev controls his hands.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Bunga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bunga is looking to break free of the clinch but Valuev has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunga has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bunga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Bunga tries to break free but Valuev pushes him back against the cage.
Bunga wants to break the clinch but can't.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga tries to circle away but Valuev has him pinned against the cage.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
Valuev blocks an uppercut.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling him.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bunga working hard to break the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Bunga.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunga.
Valuev scores with a knee to the head.
Bunga digs a right hand into Valuev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Valuev's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Bunga tries to circle away but Valuev has him pinned against the cage.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Bunga.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Bunga is trying to break free.
Bunga can't break the clinch.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bunga pushes Valuev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bunga working hard to break the clinch.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
Valuev prevents Bunga from breaking the clinch.
Bunga wants to get back to striking at distance but Valuev won't allow it.
Bunga tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Valuev smiles and moves away.
Trip Bunga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bunga closes the distance looking to clinch
and Valuev counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bunga doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bunga striking off his back but it's not causing Valuev any problems.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Valuev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Trip Bunga's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Valuev defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bunga.
Bunga scores with a three punch combo!
Bunga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bunga throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Valuev counters by moving into the clinch.
Valuev lands a knee to the head.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Bunga is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bunga tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Valuev just stands there and leans against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bunga's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Bunga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bunga throws a shot from downtown. Valuev moves away and avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bunga throws a head kick that misses
and Valuev counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bunga!
Valuev blocks Bunga's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Valuev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bunga is desperately trying to improve his position but Valuev has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valuev controlling his opponent.
Valuev looking to control but Bunga is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Valuev looking to control and managing it successfully.
Valuev wants to stand but Bunga is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Bunga really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Valuev controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bunga throwing hammer fists to the chest of Valuev. What's that going to do exactly?
Bunga throwing hammer fists to the chest of Valuev. What's that going to do exactly?
Bunga can't escape the position.
Bunga is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Valuev is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Bunga looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bunga pushes Valuev up against the cage in a clinch.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Bunga is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Valuev gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trip Bunga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bunga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Bunga tries to pull guard but Valuev holds him up against the cage and eventually Bunga drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling him.
Bunga changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Valuev fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bunga throws a head kick that misses
and Valuev moves into the clinch.
Valuev takes a shot to the head.
Valuev landing knees to the head.
Bunga tries to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling the position.
Bunga changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Valuev fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Valuev defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bunga.
Bunga looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Valuev moves into the clinch.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev gets underhooks to prevent Bunga's takedown attempt.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bunga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valuev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunga wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bunga tries to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling the position.
Bunga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bunga fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Valuev lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Bunga is blocking nicely.
Valuev with a knee to the head.
Valuev lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Good body shot from Bunga.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nikolai Valuev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bunga manages to pull guard.
Bunga might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bunga doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bunga is working an open guard so Valuev takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Valuev checks a leg kick nicely.
Bunga fails with the takedown
and Valuev moves into the clinch.
Valuev with a knee to the head.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trip Bunga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bunga wants to break free but Valuev has control.
Valuev prevents a body shot from Bunga.
Bunga lands an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolai Valuev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Valuev winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Valuev!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
43% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
